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Distrito salvaje (2018)
DISTRITO is not as good as NARCOS... and not as bad as some soup operas, somehow it falls right in the middle
This Netflix Original show starts on a low key and stays there for too long... first couple of episodes are very slow, some parts are boring and painful to follow, with too many clichés & predictable plots, common places and gazillions of cheap exposition using tv "news" to fill the blanks in the story (it's a visual medium after all, so show and don't tell), then add a couple of troublesome unrealistic sequences (like killing a hit-man in front of your residence and hide right there with your son... in the second floor, watching trough a window... no police, no bad guys coming to pick up the dead body and finish their job, no hurry to runway!!!).
But if you have patience... and get though the first 4 episodes... then the series kicks in and entertains, not because of the action, fights and bullets (there are way better options for that), but because we see the drama unveils as the struggles on Yei Yei's life take a toll on him, his son Mario, his family and that's where the strength of Distrito lies on: the human conflicts, everything else ( corruption, politicians and news reporters) some times is over the top...
Just to be clear, DISTRITO is not as good as NARCOS... and not as bad as some Hispanic soup operas, somehow it falls right in the middle, and that could be good enough for a lot of people, but maybe not enough for a second season... time will tell.